Holiday haemodialysis and imported hepatitis C virus infection: A series of sixteen cases in two large haemodialysis units

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Bhattacharya, Sanjay ^a   Price, Nicola ^a   Boxall, Elizabeth ^a   Adu, Dwomoa ^b   Lipkin, Graham ^b   Smith, Steve ^b   Osman, Husam ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C infection; Holiday haemodialysis; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOROCCO; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 67649649942     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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